
It’s “a great way to show who the strongest man in the group is”, Dr Reid Ferring suggests
(Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Why are men so compelled to throw rocks in the water? A question you’ve probably never actually considered – because why would you.
According to archaeologist and geologist Dr Reid Ferring, men have been hurling random objects around for thousands of years. Early Neanderthal periods saw rock-throwing as a communal undertaking and form of survival.